

autoload {base}                              R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n_:

     `autoload' creates a promise-to-evaluate `autoloader'
     and stores it with name `name' in `.AutoloadEnv' envi-
     ronment.  When R attempts to evaluate `name',
     `autoloader' is run, the package is loaded and `name'
     is re-evaluated in the new package's environment.  The
     result is that R behaves as if `file' was loaded but it
     does not occupy memory.

_U_s_a_g_e_:

     autoload(name, file)
     autoloader(name, file)
     .AutoloadEnv

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s_:

    name: string giving the name of an object

    file: string giving the name of a package containing the
          object

_V_a_l_u_e_:

     This function is invoked for its side-effect.

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o_:

     `delay', `library'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s_:

     autoload("line","eda")
     search()
     ls("Autoloads")
     all(ls("Autoloads") == ls(envir = .AutoloadEnv))
     data(cars)
     plot(cars)
     z<-line(cars)
     abline(coef(z))
     search()
     detach("package:eda")
     search()
     z<-line(cars)
     search()

